December Horoscopes

It snowed here last night, blanketing the city in magic. I hope it heralds a beautiful holiday season. To kick it off, I've written you ...

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Royal Wedding: The Bling of Power

We had a flying visit from our Indian friend this week with whom I had  our usual discussion  about things astrological. We soon got around ...

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What's Cooking in the Astrology Kitchen?

Take some onion, pepper and feta… or some planets, some stars and some intuition We each develop our own tastes in astrology. Some like it h...

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Korea: Toxic Sibling Rivalry

Poster  for the 2004 Korean blockbuster, The Brotherhood of War. So South Korea is a successful, entrepreneurial (if rather corrupt) Leo Sun...

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Sagittariana: Goddess of the Hunt

As I write this, the Sun is poised to slip into the sign of the centaur, Sagittarius. And this forest being, half-man, half-horse will take ...

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"Don't Mind Me - I'm Just Your Astrological Mirror"

Beware of astrologers projecting their stuff onto you. Here's what happened to me the other day. I go to various astrologers' groups...

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Royal Wedding

Goodness me! Prince William (Cancer) is finally going to marry Kate Middleton (Capricorn), his girlfriend since, like, forever. That'll ...

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Burma: The Ugly Face of Astrology

Did you know that the moment of Burmese independence was chosen by an astrologer? That's why everyone had to get up before dawn to inau...

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Aung San Suu Kyi: Embodying the People's Dream

Steel Orchid. She stands, tiny and fragile behind the iron fence, then graciously she accepts the gift of a flower and puts it in her hair. ...

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Astrology of Now: Coming Up For Air

Ophelia by John Everett Millais. We've been deep in the dark waters of Scorpio lately. You may have been diving for pearls, but sometime...

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Astrology of Now: Get Ready to Catch the Wave

Hokusai's Great Wave print (1831). Watch the wave. Water is pulled up into its belly. Some pushed forward from the ocean and some sucked...

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Fire and Rain

Giant showers of caramel glitter, acid green parasols of fire, ruby red rain. And the real rain came in thin drenching sheets. And our faces...

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Uranus in Pisces: Liberating the Imagination

Prometheus, the revolutionary fire-stealing Titan whom historian  Richard Tarnas argues should be associated with the planet Uranus. I agre...

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Astrology of now: Pay Attention to Your Dreams

Here in Oxford, we are having an extraordinarily beautiful autumn. The leaves are lambent red and gold, yellow and bright green. The air is ...

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Captain Haddock: Scorpio Man?

I'm afraid I've had to take down Captain Haddock, so here's another bearded sailor instead. "Billions of blistering barnacl...

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